Advanced Multimedia Reporting 2019

The Meaning of Life

For my visual poem, I plan on following a specific person doing his/her daily routine which I will capture with close-ups and medium shots. I would like my video to be based on the concept of the meaning of life. Soundwise, I want the person I’m following to recite a poem (which I will write) based on this concept with either background music or some natural sounds. For natural sounds, the person going on the train/the train coming into the station or the sound of footsteps or just the commotion on the streets.  For background music, I want it to be instrumental.  I am not sure which song yet, but here are some instrumental songs that I found:

  • Winnie the Pooh by Tom Ameen
  • How Far I’ll Go – Piano Version by Anthony Gallway
  • Mia Invites Lily to the Ball – Score by John Dedney
  • Circle of Life by Nazareno Aversa
  • I Can Go to Distance / Hercules by Nazareno Aversa

Existing

Visual Poem Pitch

              For my visual poem I plan to create a visual juxtaposition of empty and crowded spaces in New York, through a series of close ups, medium, establishing and tracking shots of the same places when peopled and when deserted. I hope thus to explore ideas such as existence and death, as well as sound and silence and their correlation for their creation of the immediacy of our everyday circumstances.  I would like to compose my own music, and use string instruments, synthesizers and percussion, in order to weave together a piece whose rhythm contrasts with the visuals shown, where empty spaces are filled with frantic sounds and crowded streets are left to the hushes of soft melodies and the quiet beat of a muffled drum.